Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 10, 2013
Submitted
July 12, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N562AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35091
Aircraft time
26,259 hours, 7,886 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
A/C Pack
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PASSING FL 340, CLIMBING TO FL 350, THE AIR CONDITIONING WENT TO A HIGH FLOW VOLUME. ACFT PRESS IS NORMAL. TURNING OFF RECIRC FANS HAS NO EFFECT ON THE VOLUME. VERY NOTICABLE IN FLIGHT DECK AND FIRST CLASS LAV NOT AS NOTICABLE IN REAR OF ACFT. VOLUME RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER APPROX 15 MIN IN CRUISE. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED EEC AND PSE FAULT HISTORY INQUIRY AND NO FAULTS LOGGED. PACK/ZONE BITE TEST, NO FAULTS FOUND. PERFORMED PACK FLOW CONTROL VALVE (LT AND RT) OP TEST MM 21-51-00-700-802, CHECKED GOOD. COMPLIED WITH EA 800-21EA-10692, NO DEFECTS NOTED. GROUND VERIFICATION CHECKS GOOD. NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME, NO HISTORY.